"We need special courts to try these people. Now they go to court, apply for bail, then come out and ask us if we had been able to catch them. Some even go to higher courts to prevent their arrests," Minister of Western Development and Megapolis Champika Ranawaka said at the southern town of Galle.

The current government came to power with the pledge to bring to book the members of the former president Rajapaksas administration accused of mass-scale corruption.

Although several members of the Rajapaksa family were arrested, all have obtained bail amidst accusations of anti- corruption drive becoming slow and painstaking.

A special police unit for financial crimes was set up yet not a singed investigation has led to a conclusion and conviction.

Ranawaka said as the existing legal system lacked finesse the government needs to look at the possibility of constituting special courts to tackle the corrupt.

He said the current governments mandate is to eradicate corruption from public life.

The Rajapaksa family has faced many accusations of corruption and abuse of power since President Maithripala Sirisena ended the former strongmans 10-year rule.

Sirisenas coalition had pledged to bring to justice the perpetrators of large scale corruption in the Rajapaksa regime. PTI COR CPS AKJ CPS NTR

This is unedited, unformatted feed from the Press Trust of India wire.

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